Nawrocki to step down as superintendent of Assabet Valley

After nearly four decades at Assabet Valley Regional Technical High School, Superintendent Mary Jo Nawrocki will retire June 30. She announced her decision today.

Mrs. Nawrocki, a Pennsylvania native, began at Assabet soon after it opened 38 years ago, as a health/physical education teacher. Besides teaching, she coached basketball and track and field.

She later was appointed to director of curriculum and student assessment at the school.Nine years ago, she was promoted to principal, which she acknowledges was probably her favorite position. She has been superintendent for four years.

“I was told that when you're ready, you'll know it,” Mrs. Nawrocki said in an email. “It's been a great career, with occasional speed bumps and pot holes that I had to go through or around. But it's time. I'm ready, even though I know I'll miss the students and staff. I'm beginning to look forward to 'life after Assabet.'”